55th United States Congress

55th United States Congress
54th ←
→ 56th

March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899
Members90 senators
357 representatives
3 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentGarret Hobart (R)
House majorityRepublican
House SpeakerThomas B. Reed (R)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1897 – March 10, 1897
1st: March 15, 1897 – July 24, 1897
2nd: December 6, 1897 – July 8, 1898
3rd: December 5, 1898 – March 3, 1899

The 55th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1897, to March 4, 1899, during the first two years of William McKinley's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority. There was one African-American member, George Henry White, a Republican from the state of North Carolina, and one Kaw member, Charles Curtis, a Republican from Kansas.


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